i recognize dr. hall to present his testimony. >> my name is john hall and i'm here to communicate our very strong support for the reauthorization of the u.s. fire administration. next year marks the 40th anniversary of america burning. of the 90 recommend dayses, the first was to provide a national focus for the problem unquote. it also identified tasks in what would continue to be a local responsibility. quote, technical and educational assistance to state and local governments, collecting and analyzing information and providing financial systems when adequate fire protection lies beyond unquote. the usfa has maintained this focus. the report also set a goal saying quote a reduction in deaths, injuries and property losses is quite possible within the next generation, unquote. how has america done on this goal? civilian deaths declined by about 60%. fire injuries by about 40%. firefighter injuries by about a third and direct property damage adjusted for inflation by about one quarter. even so, we have so

dr. hall has been active in fire analysis and fire research for nearly 35 years. our third witness is chief jim critchley. jeeves critchley represents the tucson fire department in my home state of arizona and also currently serves as the president of the western fire chiefs association. our final witness is mr. kevin o'connor, assistant to the general prison for the international association of firefighters. thank you again to the witnesses for being here today. as the witnesses should know, spoken testimony is limited to five minutes each. after all witnesses of spoken, members of the committee will have five minutes each to ask questions. i now recognize the first witness, the united states fire administrator, ernest mitchell. >> good morning, chairman quayle to the crosby, ranking member edwards and members of the committee. my name is ernest mitchell, jr. of the emergency management agency and the united states fire administrator in charge of the united states fire administration at the d

dr. john hall jr. dr. hall has been active in fire analysis and research for nearly 35 years. our third witness is chief jim critchley. chief critchley represents the tucson fire department in my home state of arizona and serves as the president of the western fire chiefs association. our final witness is mr. kevin o'connor. assistant to the general president for the internation association of firefighters. thank you again for to our witnesses for being here today. as our witness, no spoken testimony is limited to five minutes each. after witnesses have spoken. mb each to ask questions. i now recognize our first witness, ernest mitch >> good morning, chairman l. quay quayle, ranking members. i am an assistant administrator at the federal emergency management agency and the administrator in charge of the united states fire administration at homeland security. it is indeed an honor to appear before you today to discuss the u.s. fire administration. the fire administration is committed to providing national leadership to fostering a solid foundation for our fire and emergency ser

dr. hall, in your testimony you speak to the importance of these grant programs and the effects they had in our communities. can you comment on the importance of reauthorizing these programs and your thoughts on proposed changes on the reauthorizing language? >> thank you, congressman. yes, we have considerable analysis which was done in association with our needs assessment surveys to demonstrate the good targeting and the effectiveness and the cost effectiveness of the grants programs in all kinds of different resource areas. we have made the results of those studies available to every member of congress and their staff and would be happy to discuss these things in detail at your discretion. i do not honestly have any suggestions or thoughts on the reauthorizing language. i know our washington, d.c. office would be more than happy to discuss that kind of detail with any of you and your staffs as you go forward. >> thank you. appreciate that and hopefully we'll continue to take advantage of t

i now recognize dr. hall to present his testimony. my name is john hall to communicate our strong support of the reauthorization of the u.s. fire administration. next year marks the 40th anniversary of american burning. of the 90 recommendations in that report, the first was for establishment of a u.s. fire administration to provide a national focus for the nation' fire problem. the report identified tasks appropriate to the federal role in what would continue to be primarily a local responsibility. quote, technical and educational assistance to state and local governments, collecting an analyzing fire information, conducting research and development in certain areas and providing a financial assistance when adequate fire protection lies beyond a community's means. the mandated focus has maintained. the report also set out ambitious goals saying quote, a reduction of 50% in deaths, injuries and property losses is quite possible in this generation. how has america done on this goal? civilian fire deaths declined by about 60%. firefight

dr. hall, because you mentioned this in your testimony. can you talk about the progress that has been made with the areas that are targeted, for example, with the assistance to firefighters and the safer grant programs. can you comment about how these programs have really contributed to addressing the challenges that are faced by our local fire service districts. >> yes, i'd be glad to, thank you. we have conducted three needs assessment of surveys of the fire service. and the second and third we accompanied with a matching analysis looking at how the needs had been affected by the grants that people have gotten in the years before the survey was conducted. what we found was that the particular types of needs that were especially targeted by the afg and safer grants tended to show the biggest improvements over the ten years between the first and the last. these improvements were all sizes of communities from the big cities to the small rural volunteer fire department areas that mr. hall was ta

this is from dr. hall. "good afternoon, my name is rodney hall. i have talked to you in many different roles, but tonight it is says a former president and speaker of the benson hotel association. we have had substantial -- i will skip a bit there -- about the tenderloin housing clinic, which received virtually 100% of the funding from the city and county of san francisco. that is the worst possible organization you can imagine in terms of business practices and money. i found out from business sources that they are one of the most sued organizations in the city, but we go to the rent board for relief and tell them they are not eligible. it protects the organization from action against the red board. we have tried several losses because business is so bad and we cannot get a law firm to represent it. no one will touch the organization -- [tone] supervisor olague: thank you. >> there are grievances -- supervisor olague: thank you. >> grievances that are now allowed publicly. i asked you -- supervisor olague: thank you. before i start calling the sp

dr. hall has been active in fire able sis and fire research for nearly 35 years. our third witness is chief jim critchley. chief critchley represents the tucson fire department in my home state of arizona and also currently serves as the president of the western fire chiefs' association. our final witness is mr. kevin o'connor, assistant to the general president for the international association of fire tight -- firefighters. spoken testimony is limited to five minutes each. after all witnesses have spoken, members of the committee will have five minutes each to ask questions. i now recognize our first witness, the united states fired a morer, ernest mitchell. >> good morning, chairman quayle, ranking member edwards and distinguished members of the committee. my name is ernest mitchell jr., i'm an assistant administrator at the federal emergency management agency and the united states fire, administrator in charge of the united states fire administration at the department of homeland security.

. >> dr. hall, it's been described that one of usfa's training challenges is reaching out to all firefighters across the country and the increase in online classes and distance trainings. has the nfpa performed any research to try to quantify the impact of training programs? and as the nfpa measured the effectiveness of remote training? >> thank you, mr. chairman. the analysis that we have conducted is not at that level deaf tail. we have results that indicate that the training situation for the fire service has improved to a limited degree between the first of our need assessment surveys and the more recent survey. but we have not been in a position to look at specific data about people reached -- or the efficiency of particular methods of delivery. >> okay. thank you very much. >> a story that is getting a lot of attention across the country, but especially out west. the questions from congressman ben quayle, republican of arizona, as he questioned officials from the tucson fire department, the i

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dr. nancy snyderman, tamron hall, playing a professional, as she does every day. >> welcome. >> this is myn voyage. go easy on me. >> a professional journalist. there you are. >> let's get it all started with the ad that's sparked a lot of controversy online. ashton kutcher, as you saw, in a pop chips ad. he portrays an indian character, as you see, in brown face. one of the many characters that he plays. he's a bollywood producer. and take a look at what he does. >> i'm raj. i'm a bollywood producer. i'm looking for the most delicious thing on the planet. kardashian hot. i would give that dog a bone. >> supposed to be poking fun at online dating ads. but it has sparked a lot of outrage online. pop chips has since apologized. they have pulled the ad as well. but a spokeswoman did say it was created to provoke a few laughs and was never intended to stereotype or offend anyone. but donny, you as the advertiser, in this age of political correctness, how does an ad like that get through the whole creative process without people thinking, huh, could be controversial? >> because i think it's ind

dr. prudence hall. >> brian: it's all in your book.all my books. this one sort of came together in a way that i went wow. >> steve: you got something for everybody in this book. >> i too. all ages. i looked at how we're aging and i don't like it. i don't like it's sick, usually ending up in a nursing home. >> steve: so do something about it! >> that's exactly it. if you don't want that what, are you doing about it? this book will tell you how. >> gretchen: one more thing about the white blood cells because a lot of people face cancer in their lives. >> right. one doctor out of his clinic in florida was working with a man at mit and he said you have to interview that doctor. that's how i network. he has been doing this in the lab. there are cancer resistant rats and they have found there are cancer resistant human beings. and he's been taking -- now, he finished the lab study. now he's finished the human study where he takes the white blood cells of somebody who is cancer resistant -- i say, who is the lucky karma that gets that -- inje

dr. francis collins is director of the national institutes of health, which is funding key trials, including 2 announced today. and eric hall is president and c.e.o. of the alzheimer's foundation of america, which offered input in designing the plan. welcome, gentlemen. dr. collins, welcome to you. there are elements here that we've heard a lot about before. research, education, outreach. what is new and different in this plan? >> well, first of all, let me say i think there is a new sense of excitement in the scientific community about the potential for making real strides in understanding what causes this disease and how to intervene. just in the last two or three years in research coming from genomeics, coming from an understanding of stem cells, coming from the able to identify new potential drug targets. the field is energized. so it is the right time both given the enormous public health significance and the significance to individuals and families, and to scientific opportunities to ratchet up our efforts here to really move in the direction of identifying potential prevention methods and treatments. and today we are

dr pepper ten. it's not for women. >> jon: my guest the dean of westminster abbey, his book is called "queen elizabeth and her church, royal service at westminster abbey." please welcome to the program john hall. sir. (cheers and applause) >> jon: this is very exciting, sir. you are... have a book... the queen has her royal jubilee coming up, does she not? >> diamond jubilee. 60 years, since 1952 when she became queen. >> jon: and you will be presiding over this affair. will they be doing this at westminster abbey? >> next year for the diamond jubilee of the coronation. she acceded to the throne of the sixth of february 1952. >> jon: oh, sure, i think we all remember the sixth of february. >> remember it very well. >> jon: i remember it was four days after groundhog day, everybody. >> and the coronation was in 1953. so it will be the 60th anniversary of the coronation. >> jon: how long have you been the dean of westminster abbey? >> five and a half years. >> jon: do you oversee all of the services including the weddings and such? >> yes, the abbey's life, which is diverse and rich and varied with services everyday, four services everyday, five on a sunday. there are seven priest there is and

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dr. bales, chairman of the department at nor shore hospital system, he's on the committee of brain injuries and hallf fame new york giants linebacker harry carson. gentlemen, good morning. >> morning. >> harry, you said you're not shocked by this? >> no, i'm not. this is something that i sort of saw years ago. i was diagnosed in 1990, two years after i left and i started to learn about the condition. i learned a lot from the doctor by taking part in various seminars and so forth and began to learn about the situation. >> what was happening to you? >> i was losing my ability to articulate the language i wanted to use. the brain controls so many different things. i really wasn't aware of certain things. there were headaches i was having, blurred vision, bouts of depression and on and on and on. i had these situations during the course of my career, like in the early '80s, but really didn't manifest itself until after i left football when i started doing television. i'd be doing live television and lose my train of thought live on the air. so it gave mae reason to sort of question what's going on with

hall. it was handed over today to a group of people who want religious politics. who want religious governance. joining us now to discuss is the reverend drdy. full disclosure, he's my pal. thank you for being here. >> thanks. >> do you see a difference between using religious events to promote your candidacy and doing something like this today inside the u.s. capitol? >> it's just a bigger version of the former. i kind of think we need to start wearing name tags on who is the preacher and who is the politician. the preachers are doing politics and the politicians are trying to preach. rachel, i'm stunned at what happened today. this is a group of people who are the finest in the world as revisionist historians. our nation's history didn't provide them what they wanted for their agenda, so they changed the history. david barton has gone all over this country arguing that in the constitution there is no concept of church, state separation. there is this ongoing myth that the founders of our nation were architects trying to bring about a kingdom of god in the united states, a new israel that we are in fact, a christian nation. these people,

dr. ochoa, she will be available at stage right. all who make this possible. there are buses running every 20 minutes from the front of arnold hall and back to fairchild hall. thank you. >> coming up, commencement addresses from around the country. our focus today is business leaders. speeches atthese noon eastern ellis show them again tonight at 10:00. and even the looks that documents that were seized during the rate of'osama new- paragraphs compound -- osama bin laden's compound. the medal of freedom ceremony will be live at 3:25. a primary contest in texas. it is expected it mitt romney will win the primary in the lone star state. watched c-span for reaction. if mitt romney does prevail, he will go over the top in terms of number of delegates. in texas' victory will provide 152 delegates. >> spend the weekend with book tv on c-span2. american presidents and black on japan nor's. then the founding of beechcraft -- and black entrepreneurs. on sunday, experienced early planes liains life and two participants from the kansas civil-rights movements. they sat down for service at a drugstore. c-span is local content vehicle exports

the hall of liberty is a program to honor the lifetime achievements to the libertarian movement. that is what is about. as we begin, i would like to introduce dr. mary. >> thank you for being here. i am here to interrupt the first nominee. that is david nolin. [applause] as one of the founders of our party, he is obviously our first honored choice. i was privileged and honored to know him both as a fellow lp member, a colleague on the lnc, and a business partner. one of the things i know that about him was his out of the box thinking. many times, it does not result in something that actually materializes. when it does, it is a home run. my favorite achievements that have brought david forward are the founding of the libertarian party. [applause] now, we will see a video clip of his accomplishments. >> the democratic party is just pushed through some of the largest new, expensive programs in the history of the u.s. he will not vote to cut spending. john mccain is an honorable man, but he has not done much to contain spending. you'll see more of the same in january. as a libertarian, i will do that. [applause] here to accept the award on behalf